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PETER A. IHonIiv, or Inon RIVER, MICHIGAN.

BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 23, 1909.

Application filed. July 6, 1908. Serial No. 442,073.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER A. THORIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Iron River, in the county of Iron and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to that class of bottles or fluid-receptacles which are generally, and commercially known as non-refillable it being intended by this title to convey the understanding that such bottles, having once been opened and emptied of their contents, will show evidence thereof, thus making it impossible to refill such bottles and to expose them for sale without making the fact of their having once been opened plainly and obviously apparent to subsequent purchasers, who will thus be safeguarded against imposture on the part of unscrupulous dealers.

The invention has for its object to simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class of bottles, and to provide an article 7 of this class which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, certainty of operation and general efficiency.

With these and other ends in view which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention; it being however understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scopeiof the invention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawingFigure l is a vertical sectional view of the neck and upper portion of a bottle constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the plug or stopper, detached. Fig. l is a detailplan view showing a slight modification of the plug or stopper.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The neck 5 of the improved bottle 6 is made of considerable thickness to avoid its being readily broken or fractured, the material preferably employed in its manufacture being ordinary glass. Near the upper edge of the neck is formed an internal annular shoulder or off-set 7, and a female screwthread is formed internally upon the neck of the bottle, below and adjacent to the off set 7 The stopper S comprises. an approximately cylindrical body 9 which is eX- ternally threaded for engagement with the female thread 8 in the neck of the bottle; said body 9 being provided at its upper end with an annular flange 10 of a diameter equal to the internal'diameter of the bottleneck above the off-set 7 which latter aflords a seat for the flange 10; an annular washer 11 of rubber or other suitable-material being preferably interposed, as will be clearly seen in Fig. 1. Upon the stopper S, adjacent to the marginal edge of the flange 10, are formed upward-extending diametrically-opposite lugs or projections l2, 12, which partake of the character of ratchets, said lugs being formed with beveled or inclined front walls 13 and with abrupt or vertically disposed rear walls or faces 14: which latter are approximately at right angles to the upper surface of the body of the stopper. The lugs 12 are curved or arcuate, so that in practice they will lie closely adjacent to the inner walls of the necks of the bottle adjacent to the upper edge of the latter, thus preventing the introduction of any tool or instrument whereby the stopper might be surreptitiously removed. The body 9 of the stopper, which is formed of glass or equivalent frangible material, has a longitudinal recess or socket 15; the closure 16 at the upper extremity of said socket is formed by reducing the thickness of the material at this point so as to unake 'it readily breakable; the ease with which it may be broken being increased by the formation of an annular crack, groove or fissure, 17, which may either be an indentation formed in the process of manufacturing the stopper, or it may be a partial crack subsequently formed with a diamond or other cutting tool. groove or fissure, a diametrical or transverse groove or fissure may be formed, as shown at 17 in Fig. 4. Below-and adjacent to the frangible closure 16 is placed a wafer seal 18 which may bear the name of the contents of the bottle, the name and advertisement of the manufacturer, or any other suitable matter. The Qlosure l6 and Instead of an annular seal 18 are retained in position by means of a plug 19 of cork or other suitable material, which is driven tightly into the passage 15, and the lower end of which may be furthermore protected by means of a wafer seal 20, glued or cemented thereupon, if desired.

The stopper S having been prepared by properly assembling its various component parts, as above described, said stopper is applied to the neck of the bottle which has been previouslyfilled withthe desired contents,any suitable tool, such as a key, or wrench, being utilized to screw the stopper into the neck of the bottle until the washer 11 is tightly compressed between the shoulder or seat 7 and the flange 10; the parts are to be so proportioned that when the stopper is thus seated, the lugs or projections 12 shall not extend above the upper edge of the bottle-neck, thus making it practically impossible to lay hold of said lugs with pincers or similar tools for the purpose of surreptitiously removing the stopper. Additional security against the unauthorized removal of the stopper may be had by coating the latter prior to its insertion into the neck of the bottle, with some suitable cement, as indicated at 21 in Fig. 1; any kind of glue or cement may be used which is insoluble in the liquid contained in the bottle.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawing hereto annexed, the operation and advantages of this inven tion will be readily understood.

The contents of a bottle constructed and assembled as herein described are accessible only by breaking the bottle, or else by break ing the frangible closure 16, after which the plug or cork 19 may be removed by means of an ordinary corkscrew, thus permitting the contents to be poured out in the customary manner. It is obvious that the closure 16 having been fractured precludes the further use of the bottle without leaving plain evidence of the fact that the bottle has been opened, thus safeguarding the interests of subsequent purchasers.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is l. A device of the character described, comprising .a bottle-neck having a differently diametered bore, with its upper end largerdiametered surface forming a shoulder some distance below the top edge of the bottleneck, the less diametered surface of said neck being screw-threaded, a tubular closure having an annular enlargementat its upper end adapted to be seated into the extreme upper end of the neck and having oppositely facing shoulders perpendicular to the transverse section of the neck, with their upper edges sloping downwardly and away from each other, a compressible plug received by said tubular closure and having its upper end slightly below the corresponding end of the latter, and a refrangible integral closure in the bore of the first-noted closure and having a fracture-forming line defined therewith, said first-referred to closure also being screw threaded for engagement with the screw-threaded surface of the neck-bore.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a bottle-neck having a difien ently diametered bore, with its upper end larger-dian'letered surface forming a shoulder some distance below the top edge of the bottle-neck, the less diametered surface of said bottle-neck being screw-threaded, a tu bular closure having an annular enlargement at its upper end adapted to be seated into the extreme upper end of the neck and having oppositely facing shoulders perpendicular to the transverse section of the neck, with their upper edges sloping downwardly and away from each other, a cork-plug received by said tubular closure and having its upper end slightly below the corresponding end of the latter, a thin transparent closure integral with the first-noted closure and having a fracture-forming line defined therein, said first-referred to closure also being screw threaded for engagement with the screw-threaded surface of the neck-bore.

In testimony whereof I atlix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

PETER A. THGRIN.

Witnesses AUGUST J. l VAFFEN, CAROLINE LUND. 

